Car-ventilation



(No Model.) J.. MW-AGGONRI GAR VENTILATIUN. A No. 368,030.v PatentedAug* 9, 1887.A

UNITED STAT-ES PATENT .EEICE JAMES M. WAGGONEE, on BELLS DEPOT,TENNESSEE.

CA R-VENTILATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,030, dated August9, 1887.

Application filed November 4, 18.516. Serial No. 218,016. (No model.)

To all whom it may concerne Be it known that I, JAMES M. WAGGONER,acitizen of the United States, residing at Bells Depot, Crockett county,State of Tennessee, have invented Certain new. and useful Improvementsin Fruit-Cars, of which the following is a specication.

My improvements relate to those cars which have for their object thesupply of air constantly to all parts of the interior thereof, so thatthe fruit which may be packed therein for transportation will be keptfresh, and its destruction will thus be largely prevented.

My invention consists in a car-body, comprising the iioor, 1oof,'and theends, having narrow openings extending across bot-h ends of theV bodyadjacent to the iioor and roof, respectively, a slatted inner iioorextending from end to end of the car above and contigir ous to the loweropenings, and a slatted inner roof extending from end to end of the carbeneath and contiguous to the top openings, the spaces between theiioors and roofs forming air-passages extending entirely through thecar.

In said drawings, Fign re I is aside elevation ofarailway fruit-carembodying Inyinvention.

l Fig. II is a longitudinal section of the same.

VIV in section.

Fig'. III is an end elevation thereof. Fig. IV is a detail-view ofone-corner of the car-body to a larger scale than the preceding views.Fig. V is a detail to a similar enlarged scale, showing the sameproportion of the car as Fig. Fig. VI is a perspective view of onesection of the slatted iioor or roof.

My improved fruit-car is intended to have a body, l, and trucks 2, ofcnstomaryform. In the body, however, I form both at the sides and ends asufficient number of apertures to permit air to freely enter and passthrough and out of the car. These openings are all covered withwire-netting, for the purpose of straining out cinders, and are providedwith suitable iron doors, 3, on Vthe interior of the car, so that theymay be closed at will. As

4shown in the drawings, the air inlet and exit openings are as follows:one large doorshaped opening, 4, in each side of the car at the center,similar openings, 5 5, also in the sides of the car, similar openings, 66, in the center of the ends of the car-body, and elongated openings 7 7at the top and bottom of such ends extend- A ing the full width of thecar, but only about six inches in height. These openings 7 7 are-especially valuable, affording air both above and below the fruit whichmay be packed in the car, and securing the free escape of air all acrossthe car-body.

To provide for the proper dissemination of the air through the fruitpacked in the car, I provide a slatted door, 8, and roof 9. These partsare made in sections, so as to be capable of ready insertion into orremoval from the car. They may be entirely taken out when it is desiredto use the car for other purposes than that of transporting fruit. Theslats are snpported about six inches from the bed of the car-body andfrom the roof thereof, so that air entering through the long openings 77 and passing beneath and above the slats respectively at the bottom andtop of the car will be properly disseminated. At the same time a freeescape for the air is thus afforded at both the bottom and top of theear.

To deflect dust, cinders, and rain from the openings 7 7, I vprovideplates 10, hinged at l1 to brackets at the sides ofthe car, and providedwith slots l2, to enable them to move without interference with thebrake rod or staff. At the ends of plates 10, arms 13 are provided,notched, as shown in Fig. IV, to engage with stops 14, fixed to thesides ofthe car. In this manner the deiiecting-plates 10 may be fixed atany angle desired.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

The combination of a car-body, comprising the iloor, roof, and the ends,having narrow openings 7 extending across both ends of the body adjacentto the floor and roof, respect,

J. M. WAGGONER.

Vitnesses:

CEAS. L. MILLER, ED. H. NEIL.

